Plant that obtains its nutrient supply through symbiotic association with fungi
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mycotroph" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(March 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
A mycotroph is a plant that gets all or part of its carbon, water, or nutrient supply through symbiotic association with fungi. The term can refer to plants that engage in either of two distinct symbioses with fungi:
Many mycotrophs have a mutualistic association with fungi in any of several forms of mycorrhiza. The majority of plant species are mycotrophic in this sense. Examples include Burmanniaceae.
Some mycotrophs are parasitic upon fungi in an association known as myco-heterotrophy.
A mycotroph is a plant that gets all or part of its carbon, water, or nutrient supply through symbiotic association with fungi. The term can refer to...
types of symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a plant. mycotroph A plant that obtains most or all of its carbon, water, and nutrients by...
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44392627A44399407.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. "Mycotrophs". parasiticplants.siu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-18. v t e...
It is cream or white in color, lacking chlorophyll. It is the smallest mycotroph in the heath family. It produces a fleshy stemless peduncle above the...
certain AM fungi, and some plants may be facultative mycotrophs, while others may be obligate mycotrophs. Recently, mycorrhizal status has been linked to...
small rhizome, forms a shallow, fine root network, and is a facultative mycotroph, receiving about 25% of its nutrients on average from symbiotic mycorrhizae...
Global Information